as twoallbeefpatties points out, it's "ha-ha" funny but i'd still be stoked for most of them, too...
the mario series is still the best platformer grouping of any system so far, and i'll buy a revolution the first day if mario 128 is a launch title. miyamoto's puzzles are genius.
metroid, zelda, and yes, even the golf series have been well-balanced and consistently fun.
and mario kart? i enjoyed double dash much more than i expected to (picked it up in a bundled set) and still like playing it.
games for nintendo systems in general are cartoony, lack "real" physics engines, are colorful to the point of eye-popping, often very silly, and simple to play (when done right). all of these qualities are megaton level ingredients for a fun console, imho.
the recent trailer i saw was fantastic, and while i can understand how someone who has dedicated 20 years(!) to keeping the faith might have qualms, i'll be there opening night with a (hopefully) open mind.
you're right on, tempus; zealots don't always make the most impartial critics.
... nintendo might be better served if they put their efforts into developing more than a very bare handful of quality games for existing platforms (re: gc) instead of moving on to some new thing i am expected to buy (re: ds) or, worse, making a load of movies i don't want to see.
yep, the riaa are a bunch of !@#$ing greedheads. they get thrown a life preserver via online sales and are now complaining that it isn't cushioned enough.
they are geniuses at marketing, absolute geniuses. they have used their marketing smarts to redefine "theft". and before you get the hammers out let me just say they have succeeded; what used to be a copyright issue has become (on both sides) a moral near-crusade.
none of this really matters. most pop music is geared to a young audience, and older people just don't buy as much music (or steal it or even care about it with the same mania) as that young target audience. yeah yeah britney sucks or whatever, but a catchy tune is still a catchy tune, and top 40 radio will hug that curve 'til the end of time. and frankly if the alternative is endless noodling by some techincally gifted but bloodless hack who doesn't know when to stop playing their far-out solo, plenty of people will continue to take 3 minutes of sugar-coated air any day
me? i'm sick of being urged to repurchase the white album (or london calling or dark side of the moon) every time a new format change (or remaster, or "special edition", or 5.1 remix waste of time) comes out. bollocks to the riaa, they've gotten my money over and over and enough is never enough for some people
this price cut will hopefully breathe some life into the 'cube; a broader base might bring some developers back to the fold. i've been on the edge of buying one myself, and this has me teetering...
that said, i still haven't seen anything as magical as mario 64 for it yet. i'll check out viewtiful joe (based on the praise i've seen here on/.) and ikaruga looks mighty choice, too.
i wrote to nintendo a while back and suggested they do a greatest hits of mario gc disc, with all of the mario games on it. i pointed out it would a simple port (no new development necessary) and would likely bring a ton of interest. they responded politely, but i hope they do it; it would be gerat to have the series in one set.
and if they ever did a gamecube-specific version of "advance wars" i'd buy a gamecube in a heartbeat.
now if they could only do something about that controller:)
don't do much modding, just a little bit of tinkering.
but i am going to order a copy of this book, because the heart of the issue to me is free speech, the right of inquiry and the drive to play with toys you've bought and paid for
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as twoallbeefpatties points out, it's "ha-ha" funny but i'd still be stoked for most of them, too...
the mario series is still the best platformer grouping of any system so far, and i'll buy a revolution the first day if mario 128 is a launch title. miyamoto's puzzles are genius.
metroid, zelda, and yes, even the golf series have been well-balanced and consistently fun.
and mario kart? i enjoyed double dash much more than i expected to (picked it up in a bundled set) and still like playing it.
games for nintendo systems in general are cartoony, lack "real" physics engines, are colorful to the point of eye-popping, often very silly, and simple to play (when done right). all of these qualities are megaton level ingredients for a fun console, imho.
roll on revolution...
the recent trailer i saw was fantastic, and while i can understand how someone who has dedicated 20 years(!) to keeping the faith might have qualms, i'll be there opening night with a (hopefully) open mind.
you're right on, tempus; zealots don't always make the most impartial critics.
just my 2 cents, but there it is.
yep, the riaa are a bunch of !@#$ing greedheads. they get thrown a life preserver via online sales and are now complaining that it isn't cushioned enough.
they are geniuses at marketing, absolute geniuses. they have used their marketing smarts to redefine "theft". and before you get the hammers out let me just say they have succeeded; what used to be a copyright issue has become (on both sides) a moral near-crusade.
none of this really matters. most pop music is geared to a young audience, and older people just don't buy as much music (or steal it or even care about it with the same mania) as that young target audience. yeah yeah britney sucks or whatever, but a catchy tune is still a catchy tune, and top 40 radio will hug that curve 'til the end of time. and frankly if the alternative is endless noodling by some techincally gifted but bloodless hack who doesn't know when to stop playing their far-out solo, plenty of people will continue to take 3 minutes of sugar-coated air any day
me? i'm sick of being urged to repurchase the white album (or london calling or dark side of the moon) every time a new format change (or remaster, or "special edition", or 5.1 remix waste of time) comes out. bollocks to the riaa, they've gotten my money over and over and enough is never enough for some people
that said, i still haven't seen anything as magical as mario 64 for it yet. i'll check out viewtiful joe (based on the praise i've seen here on /.) and ikaruga looks mighty choice, too.
i wrote to nintendo a while back and suggested they do a greatest hits of mario gc disc, with all of the mario games on it. i pointed out it would a simple port (no new development necessary) and would likely bring a ton of interest. they responded politely, but i hope they do it; it would be gerat to have the series in one set.
and if they ever did a gamecube-specific version of "advance wars" i'd buy a gamecube in a heartbeat.
now if they could only do something about that controller :)
don't play many games
don't do much modding, just a little bit of tinkering.
but i am going to order a copy of this book, because the heart of the issue to me is free speech, the right of inquiry and the drive to play with toys you've bought and paid for
i believe in it, so i'm going to support it.
aoltw sees the writing on the wall, and controlling the distribution means is the easiest way to squeeze p2p trading and insure steady revenue
my disgust is with the notion of having to pay yet more money to have my access stay at the level i am already paying for. and i don't trade movies.
pity the aol customers who have tw cable as well. "getting it from both ends" barely scratches the surface.
alas, this is the thin end of the wedge